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Keir Lamont Gist (born September 15, 1969), professionally known by his stage name KayGee, is an American DJ and record producer from East Orange, New Jersey, best known as a member of hip hop trio Naughty by Nature. He has won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards for Poverty's Paradise.

In the mid-90s, Gist created his own R&B-oriented record label, Illtown, which was evolved and developed into Divine Mill,^[1] where he discovered and signed acts such as Zhané, Next, Jaheim, Tha' Rayne and Koffee Brown.

List of albums, contains songs produced by KayGee
Year	Artist	Album
1993	Run-DMC	Down with the King
1993	Queen Latifah	Black Reign
1994	Zhané	Pronounced Jah-Nay
1995	Rottin Razkals	Rottin ta da Core
1995	Miilkbone	Da' Miilkrate
1996	The Almighty RSO	Doomsday: Forever RSO
1996	Aaliyah	One in a Million
1997	The Notorious B.I.G.	Life After Death
1997	Zhané	Saturday Night
1997	Next	Rated Next
1998	Queen Latifah	Order in the Court
1998	Deborah Cox	One Wish
1999	Krayzie Bone	Thug Mentality 1999
1999	Will Smith	Willennium
1999	Road Dawgs	Don't Be Saprize
2000	Next	Welcome II Nextasy
2000	Funkmaster Flex	60 Minutes of Funk, Volume IV: The Mixtape
2001	Jaheim	Ghetto Love
2001	Koffee Brown	Mars/Venus
2001	Coo Coo Cal	Disturbed
2001	Allure	Sunny Days
2001	Luther Vandross	Luther Vandross
2002	Jaheim	Still Ghetto
2002	Next	The Next Episode
2002	Shade Sheist	Informal Introduction
2002	RL	RL: Ements
2003	Mary J. Blige	Love & Life
2005	Syleena Johnson	Chapter 3: The Flesh
2005	Charlie Wilson	Charlie, Last Name Wilson
2006	Stacie Orrico	Beautiful Awakening
2006	CL Smooth	American Me
2006	Brooke Hogan	Undiscovered
2007	Rick Ross	Rise to Power
2007	Jaheim	The Makings of a Man
2009	Marié Digby	Breathing Underwater
2011	Ledisi	Pieces of Me
2013	Jaheim	Appreciation Day
2017	Bell Biv DeVoe	Three Stripes
2019	Angie Stone	Full Circle

List of singles, produced by KayGee
Year	Title	Artist
1993	"U.N.I.T.Y."	Queen Latifah
1997	"Too Close"	Next
1995	"Where'z Da' Party At ?"	Miilkbone
2000	"Wifey"	Next
2000	"Whatever"	Ideal
2000	"Where I Wanna Be"	Shade Sheist, Nate Dogg, Kurupt
2002	"Fabulous"	Jaheim, Tha' Rayne
2005	"Everytime I Think about Her"	Jaheim
2006	"I'm Not Missing You"	Stacie Orrico
2009	"Ain't Leavin Without You"	Jaheim


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1995	Poverty's Paradise	Grammy Award for Best Rap Album	Won	^[2]
1995	"Feel Me Flow"	Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
1993	"Hip Hop Hooray"		Nominated
1991	"O.P.P."		Nominated

^ "The History of Producer Kay Gee's Divine Mill Record Label - From Jaheim to Next and Beyond - YouKnowIGotSoul.com". www.youknowigotsoul.com. October 25, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "Kier "KG" Gist". GRAMMY.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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Albums	Independent Leaders Naughty by Nature 19 Naughty III Poverty's Paradise Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury IIcons Anthem Inc.
Compilation albums	Nature's Finest Naughty's Nicest
Singles	"O.P.P." "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" "Uptown Anthem" "Hip Hop Hooray" "It's On" "Written on Ya Kitten" "Clap Yo Hands" "Craziest" "Feel Me Flow" "Mourn You Til I Join You" "Dirt All by My Lonely" "Jamboree" "Holiday" "Feels Good (Don't Worry Bout a Thing)"
Related articles	Discography Rottin Razkals Naughty by Nature: Tha Mixtape